In The Light Fantastic, one of the characters is transformed into an orangutan.

Author - Terry Pratchett

Terence David John Pratchett was born in Buckinghamshire in 1948. He wrote his first story, The Hades Business, (also known as Business Rivals) while still at school, and it was later published in the magazine Science Fantasy. After leaving school Pratchett worked as a journalist and also as a press officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board, before his first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983.

Terry Pratchett went on to write 41 Discworld novels and 14 other novels. In addition he wrote countless short stories and, together with Stephen Baxter, also wrote the Long Earth book series. He died on the morning of 12th March 2015 from Alzheimer's disease which he had suffered from for 8 years.

Without Terry Pratchett we could never have enjoyed the antics of Rincewind, Lord Rust and Nanny Ogg but where do they all fit into the magical worlds he created? See if you know by playing this quiz.

1.

What is the title of Pratchett's first Discworld novel, published in 1983?

The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Mayhem

The Colour of Monsters

The Colour of Moondust

In his 1985 talk Why Gandalf Never Married, Pratchett said that The Colour of Magic was "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns"

2.

What is the name of the incompetent wizard in several of the Discworld novels?

Badwind

Grimwind

Hogwind

Rincewind

He's a failed student at the Unseen University for wizards

3.

Until his death in 2001, who provided the art work for the covers of all Discworld novels sold in the UK?

Josh Kenny

Josh Kerry

Josh Ketley

Josh Kirby

He also designed the posters for Monty Python's Life of Brian

4.

Published in 1992, what is the title of the first novel in Pratchett's Johnny Maxwell Trilogy?

Only He Can Save Mankind

Only I Can Save Mankind

Only We Can Save Mankind

Only You Can Save Mankind

The other two books in the trilogy are Johnny and the Dead and Johnny and the Bomb

5.

What honour did Pratchett receive in 1998 for services to literature?

MBE

OBE

CBE

KBE

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted in 2009

6.

In the Discworld novel The Light Fantastic, The Librarian is transformed into what type of creature?

A baboon

A chimpanzee

A gorilla

An orangutan

He refuses to be transformed back into a human

7.

What is the title of Pratchett's 1976 comic science fiction novel?

The Dark Side of the Earth

The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Sun

The Dark Side of the Universe

It's about an alien race called the Jokers

8.

Which novel in the Johnny Maxwell series was adapted into a three-part TV series starring Zoe Wanamaker, Frank Finlay and Keith Barron?

Johnny and the Bomb

Johnny and the Dead

Johnny and the Gun

Johnny and the Sun

There are a few differences between the book and the TV series, one of which being that the series renames Stephen 'Wobbler' Johnson as Walter

9.

Which villain appears in the Discworld novels Men At Arms, Jingo and Night Watch?

Lord Rat

Lord Root

Lord Rude

Lord Rust

Lord Rust is an Ankh-Morpork nobleman whose first name is Ronald

10.

What is the name of the witch, based on Nannie Slagg from Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series, who appears in several Discworld novels?